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Electronic voting system tested by Newcastle University

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

An electronic vote capture and counting system, designed to overcome the problems which have dogged computerised voting systems throughout the world, notably the touch screen voting machines in the US and pilot schemes run ...


Clear Channel, banks, buyers in settlement talks

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. and its prospective buyers are talking with banks to try to settle a dispute over whether the banks must fund promised loans for the $19.5 billion takeover, the radio and outdoor ...


HP has eye on IBM as it discusses EDS acquisition

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Having seized the lead in personal computer sales worldwide, Hewlett-Packard Co. is stalking the technology services market for its next conquest.


LG and Samsung Join Forces to Develop Mobile Digital TV Standard

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics, which together lead the global digital TV market, announced today that they will propose their jointly developed technology as the North American technology standard for mobile DTV.


Leveling the gaming field

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A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends.


Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked

May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated ...


Microsoft exec Jeff Raikes to run Gates Foundation (Update)

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says Microsoft Corp. executive Jeff Raikes will be its next CEO.


PurchasePro founder convicted in stock fraud scheme

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(AP) -- A one-time dot-com billionaire was convicted Thursday of stock fraud and obstruction of justice after a court finding that he deceived investors in his Las Vegas software company.


Face-to-face or Facebook?

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Can online networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, help new students settle into university social and academic life and minimise the chance of them withdrawing from their courses?


Sprint Nextel CEO asks shareholders' patience in turnaround

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Dan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint Nextel Corp. for less than five months, faced tough questions Tuesday about the company's continued trouble keeping wireless subscribers.


Dish Network's 1Q profit up 65 pct amid slowdown

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Monday its first-quarter net income rose 65 percent even though new subscriber growth of its satellite television service plunged on the languishing economy and stiffer competition.


Software piracy increases in Asia-Pacific: industry group

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Software piracy increased last year in the Asia-Pacific region, boosted by China's growing use of personal computers, an industry group said on Wednesday.


Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.


Small bioelectricity plants dirtier than large ones, says study

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

Small-scale community based bio-power plants produce higher levels of emissions per unit of electrical output than large facilities, according to new research presented at a major sustainable energy conference today.


Sale to HP will end EDS independence

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Eight months into his tenure as CEO of Electronic Data Systems Corp., Ronald Rittenmeyer is overseeing the sale of the company, something he says he never planned. "It just came together," Rittenmeyer said Tuesday ...


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